Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

J. H. EVANS.

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 390,120. Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

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To all whom it may concern.-

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. EVANS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,120, dated September 25, 1888.

Application filed December 20, 1886. Serial "Na-222,061. (No model.)

Be it known that I, JOHN H. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Glothes-Driers, which improve ment is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 represents a partial side elevation andpartial vertical section ofa clothes-drierembodying myinvention. Fig.2representsa view of the under side of a portion ofone ofthe arms, portion of the supporting-head thereof, and the staple by which said arm is connected with said head. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section of the parts shown in Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section in line ww,'Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a front view of the drier on a reduced scale,the arms being in inoperative position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a vertical beam, which has secured to its upper end a casting, B, the rear end whereof has an opening, 0, by which the drier may be supported on a hook, D, the latter being driven into the wall or other place where it is desired to hang the drier. Projecting forwardly from the casting is an arm, E, on which is mounted a pulley, F, around which passes a cord or rope,G, one end of which is secured to a metallic head,H,the latter being attached to aslide, J, and formed of upper and lower plates H H, between which the ends of the arms K of the drier may be received for sustaining said arms in a horizontal position.

The slide J consists of a block, J, of wood or other material, having secured to its upper and lower ends the stirrups L, which freely encircle the beam A, said block resting against one side of said beam, whereby it is permitted to rise and fall on said beam and is guided by the same in its motions.

Mounted on the sides of each stirrup are rollers M, which in the present case are three in number, and mounted on the block J is a roller, N, it thus being seen that the several sides of the beam-in the present casefour in number-have in contact with them the several rollers M N of the slide J, by which provision friction between the slide and beam is vastly reduced, and the slide thus moves with ease and great freedom.

Each stirrup L consists of a piece of metal having its sides at a right angle to each other,

producing recesses in which are the rollers M,

so that one roller is at the back of the stirrup and at a right angle to the rollers at the sides. of said stirrup, whereby three sides of the beam are embraced by the said rollers M, the roller N embracing the fourth side thereof, it being seen that the rollers M are within the stirrups, whereby should the stirrups be accidentally struck the inclosed rollers, being guarded, are protected, so that they will not be fractured nor their axis bent or loosened.

Attached to the bottom of the beam is a metallic base-piece, P, which has an opening, forming a boss, P, to receive said beam, and a socket or cup, Q, to contain and hold the ends of the arms K when the latter are not in use and occupy vertical positions, said piece having also a fender, R, whereby'the beam is properly set out from the wall.

Cast with the piece P is a hook, S, and cast with the head H is a hook, T, the object of the hook S being the attachment of the loop G of the rope G when the head H is in elevated position, and that of the hook T being the attachment of said loop when the head is lowered, whereby said head and connected parts may be retained in either of said positions. I

When service of the device is required, the head H is lowered, and the arms K are setout thereon in horizontal positions between the plates H H. Clothes, towels, 850., are then hung on said arms, and the head with its load is raised and held elevated by means of the rope G, as has been stated, whereby the drying of the garments may be effectively accomplished.

When service of the drier is not required, the arms K are removed from between the plates H H of the head H and remain connected with the lower plate H by means of fastenings U, which are secured to the arms K and embrace the lower plate H, each fastening being somewhat of the form ofastaple,one

limb, a, of which is threaded, and is screwed into the arm, and the other limb, I), is close to the surface of the arm,as seen in Fig.3,whereby the separation of the arm from the plate is prevented whether said arm is in horizontal or vertical position. Now when the arms are in vertical or inoperative positions, their lower ends are set in thesocketQof the piece 1?,and

as their upper ends are connected with the head H by means of the fast-enings U said arms remain nicely in folded position.

The fastenings U may be turned laterally, the limbs a serving as axes thereof, so that the limbs I) may fully clear the sides of the arms. (See Fi 2.) In this position of the fastenings the arms may be readily removed from the plate H of the head H and afterward reapplied to said plate, the fastenings being returned to their normal positions, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 2.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a clothes-drier of a beam having a rising and falling head with hinged arms secured thereto, said head being connected to a sliding carriage and operated by means ofa cord secured thereto and passing over a pulley attached to an arm on the top of the vertical beam. Neitherisit new to construct a foot-piece for the said beam having a socket to hold the ends of the arms when the same are not extended and in use; but I am not aware that a clothesdrier has ever before been constructed having a head with a slide, as herein shown and described. the said slide consisting of a vertical block and stirrups, the latter of bands or strips bent so as to form recesses in which the rollers are journaled,the said bands being secured at thei r ends to the said block and embracing the said vertical beam of the drier. lhe advantages of this construction are increased lightness of weight, owing to bands being used instead of castings extending along the whole length of the block, greater strength, and at the same time affording better protection from external blows to the rollers;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A. clothesdrier consisting of the beam A, the casting B, having the lug 0, arm E, and pulley F, secured to the top of said beam, the basepiece 1., having the hook Sand fenderlt and boss P formed in one piece and secured to the lower end of the beam A, the slide carrying the head and connected to the beam by stirrnps having rollers mounted within and protected by the stirrups, and the cord G, all substantially as shown and described.

JOHN H. EVANS.

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